Topoisomerases of kinetoplastid parasites: Why so fascinating?

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 917-927

  Das, Benu Brata ^a   Sengupta, Tanushri ^b   Ganguly, Agneyo ^a   Majumder, Hemanta K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); HETERODIMER;

CELL DEATH; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; KINETOPLASTIDA;

EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33750491962     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05428.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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